US7688529B2 - Lens unit and image reading apparatus using the same - Google Patents

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US7688529B2
US7688529B2 US11/849,779 US84977907A US7688529B2 US 7688529 B2 US7688529 B2 US 7688529B2 US 84977907 A US84977907 A US 84977907A US 7688529 B2 US7688529 B2 US 7688529B2
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  • This invention relates to a lens unit and image reading apparatus using the same. More particularly, the invention concerns an apparatus such as an image scanner, a copying machine or a facsimile machine, for example, in which the optical performance of an imaging optical system having an anamorphic lens is best utilized to perform high-precision image reading.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a main portion of the structure of a conventional image reading apparatus.
  • denoted at 72 is an original table (original table glass) on which an original 71 is placed.
  • Denoted at 77 is a carriage in which an illumination system 73 , reflecting mirrors 74 a - 74 e , an imaging lens (lens unit) 75 , and reading means (CCD) 76 to be described later are accommodated integrally.
  • the carriage 77 is scanningly moved in the direction of an arrow A (sub-scan direction) in the diagram, by means of a sub-scan mechanism 78 such as a motor, whereby imagewise information on the original 71 is read.
  • a sub-scan mechanism 78 such as a motor
  • the imagewise information of the original 71 read thereby is sent to a personal computer or the like which is an external equipment, through an interface not illustrated.
  • Denoted at 73 is an illumination system which comprises a xenon tube, halogen lamp or light emitting diode array, for example. It is to be noted that the illumination system 73 may be used in combination with a reflecting plate such as an aluminum-deposited plate, for example.
  • Denoted at 74 a - 74 e are reflecting mirrors which function to bend the light beam from the original 71 , inside the carriage 77 .
  • Denoted at 75 is an imaging lens (lens unit) which functions to image the light from the original 71 on the surface of reading means 76 to be described below.
  • Denoted at 76 is a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or one-dimensional photoelectric conversion element as reading means, which comprises such a structure that a plurality of picture elements are arrayed along the main-scan direction which is perpendicular to the sheet of the drawing.
  • CCD Charge Coupled Device
  • one-dimensional photoelectric conversion element as reading means, which comprises such a structure that a plurality of picture elements are arrayed along the main-scan direction which is perpendicular to the sheet of the drawing.
  • downsizing of the carriage 77 is indispensable to attempt downsizing of the overall system. And, for this downsizing of the carriage 77 , it will be most effectual measures to widen the field angle of the imaging lens 75 to shorten the object-to-image distance thereof to thereby shorten the optical path length itself.
  • the field angle of the imaging lens can be widened by a method in which an anamorphic lens having an anamorphic surface is used as the imaging lens.
  • the imaging performance of the imaging lens becomes rotationally asymmetric with respect to the optical axis. Therefore, it becomes necessary to regulate and match the main-scan direction (meridional direction) of the imaging lens and the array direction of plural picture elements of the CCD with each other.
  • Patent Document No. 2 Various proposals have been made in regard to such image reading apparatus (see Patent Document No. 2).
  • FIG. 8 a conventional imaging lens 101 comprised of only rotationally symmetric lenses is illustrated in FIG. 8 , and description will be made thereto.
  • rotationally symmetric lenses 101 a , 101 b , 101 c , 101 d are produced exactly in accordance with their design, sufficient imaging performance will be obtainable by the whole image-forming region 105 depicted by dot hatching in the diagram. Generally, however, as shown at the rotationally symmetric lens 101 c in the diagram, lens decentering occurs during the manufacturing process of the imaging lens. If such lens decentering occurs, the imaging performance over the image plane becomes uneven.
  • the lens is rotated about the optical axis. Furthermore, it is necessary to adjust the lens so that the best imaging region 104 within the imaging region 105 having a highest imaging performance overlaps with the array direction 106 of the picture elements of the one-dimensional photoelectric conversion element 107 .
  • this will be referred to as “rotary adjustment”.
  • an imaging lens 101 comprised by using an anamorphic lens is illustrated in FIG. 9 , and description will be made thereto.
  • lenses Rotationally symmetric lenses
  • 101 a , 101 b , 101 c and 101 d having rotationally symmetric shape.
  • an anamorphic lens Rotationally asymmetric lens
  • a long broken line x in the rectangle depicts the main-scan direction (longitudinal-axis direction) of the anamorphic lens 101 e .
  • the imaging lens 101 using an anamorphic lens 101 e has an imaging region 105 which comprises a flat region as determined by this anamorphic lens 101 e.
  • the one-dimensional photoelectric conversion element 107 comprises a line sensor (CCD) in which a plurality of picture elements which are arrayed in a one-dimensional direction (main-scan direction), taking the imagewise information of the original as a one-dimensional image.
  • CCD line sensor
  • the anamorphic lens 101 e is positioned so that the main-scan direction (longitudinal-axis direction) corresponding to the one direction of the refracting power thereof coincides with the array direction (main-scan direction) of the plural picture elements of the CCD.
  • the barrel (lens barrel) 102 and the anamorphic lens 101 e can be assembled together while being mutually rotated with reference to the optical axis L.
  • rotary adjustment of the barrel 102 is carried out by a rotary adjustment mechanism 103 , while keeping fixed the anamorphic lens 101 e so that the away direction of the plural picture elements of the CCD is placed at the center of the imaging region 105 . Furthermore, adjustment is so made to assure that the best imaging region 104 influenced by the lens decentering overlaps with the array direction 106 of the plural picture elements of the CCD 107 . Then, after the adjustment is completed, the lens barrel 102 and the anamorphic lens 101 e are joined together by adhesion or the like, into an integral structure.
  • the lens barrel that holds rotationally symmetric lenses and the lens barrel that holds a rotational asymmetric lens can be mutually rotationally adjusted relative to each other with reference to the optical axis L, by means of the rotary adjustment mechanism (coaxiality maintaining means) 103 .
  • the position of them with respect to the optical axis direction cannot be controlled. Therefore, a clearance may be created in some cases between the lens barrel and the rotationally asymmetric lens which must inherently be closely contacted to each other.
  • FIG. 10A , FIG. 10B and FIG. 10C are trihedral diagrams illustrating a conventional lens unit (imaging lens).
  • FIG. 10A is a top plan view
  • FIG. 10B is a side view
  • FIG. 10C is a front elevation.
  • the rotary adjustment mechanism (coaxiality maintaining means) of the conventional structure comprises four pins 202 a which are provided at the circumference as shown in FIG. 10A-FIG . 10 C.
  • the engagement at 203 should provide smooth rotary adjustment and, yet, it shouldn't cause deformation of the lens surface. Therefore, such structure that produces a large stress is unfavorable.
  • FIG. 11A , FIG. 11B and FIG. 11C are trihedral diagrams illustrating the lens unit. Like numerals are assigned to similar components corresponding to those of FIG. 10A-FIG . 10 C.
  • the lens spacing cannot be kept at the prescribed quantity. Hence, the optical performance is degraded seriously.
  • the present invention provides a lens unit that can hold an anamorphic lens precisely through a simple structure, without a lens spacing error or decentering error, and provides an image reading apparatus having such lens unit.
  • a lens unit for use in an image reading apparatus arranged to image imagewise information of an original on a photoelectric conversion element for sequential reading of the same, said lens unit comprising: a barrel member configured to hold at least one rotationally symmetric lens having a rotationally symmetric shape with respect to an optical axis; an anamorphic lens having at least one anamorphic surface circumscribing an end portion of said barrel member; coaxiality maintaining means configured to engage said anamorphic lens and said barrel member with each other to align central axes of said anamorphic lens and said barrel member with each other, and arranged relatively rotate said anamorphic lens and said barrel member relative to each other with reference to the aligned central axes of them; and an elastic member configured to push said anamorphic lens against said barrel member.
  • the elastic member has two or three legs to be hooked by a groove formed in an outer peripheral portion of said barrel member.
  • the anamorphic lens may have an outer configuration of rectangular shape, and wherein, when an axis extending in a lengthwise direction of the rectangular shape and passing through the central axis of the anamorphic lens is referred to as a longitudinal axis while an axis extending in a widthwise direction of the rectangular shape orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and passing through the central axis of the anamorphic lens is referred to as a lateral axis, one of the legs of said elastic member may be disposed at one side of the longitudinal axis while the remaining one or two legs of the elastic member may be disposed at the other side of the longitudinal axis.
  • the anamorphic lens may be provided with longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means for adjusting parallelism with respect to the longitudinal axis of said anamorphic lens, said longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means is provided at two positions at one side of the longitudinal axis.
  • an image reading apparatus comprising: a lens unit as recited above; and a photoelectric conversion element having a plurality of picture elements arrayed in a one-dimensional direction.
  • the rotary adjustment can be carried out while the lens barrel member and the anamorphic lens are kept in close contact with each other.
  • a lens unit as well as an image reading apparatus that can hold the anamorphic lens precisely through a simple structure, without a lens spacing error or decentering error, can be achieved.
  • FIG. 1A , FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C are trihedral diagrams showing a lens unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a main portion of an image reading apparatus into which a lens unit of the present invention is incorporated.
  • FIG. 3A , FIG. 3B and FIG. 3C are trihedral diagrams showing a lens unit according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4A , FIG. 4B and FIG. 4C are trihedral diagrams showing a lens unit according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a main portion of an image reading apparatus into which a lens unit of the present invention is incorporated.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a main portion of an image reading apparatus into which a lens unit of the present invention is incorporated.
  • FIG. 7 is schematic diagram of a main portion of the structure of a conventional image reading apparatus.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining rotary adjustment of a conventional image reading lens.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram for explaining rotary adjustment of a conventional image reading lens having an anamorphic surface.
  • FIG. 10A , FIG. 10B and FIG. 10C are trihedral diagrams showing a conventional lens unit.
  • FIG. 11A , FIG. 11B and FIG. 11C are trihedral diagrams for explaining inconveniences in conventional structures.
  • FIG. 1A-FIG . 1 C are trihedral diagrams showing a lens unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1A is a top plan view
  • FIG. 1B is a side view
  • FIG. 1C is a front elevation.
  • FIG. 1A-FIG . 1 C Denoted in FIG. 1A-FIG . 1 C at 10 is a lens unit (imaging lens) to be used in an image reading apparatus wherein imagewise information of an original is imaged on a photoelectric conversion element and is read sequentially.
  • Denoted at 11 is a barrel member (lens barrel) having a cylindrical shape at the outer periphery thereof. It serves to hold at least one rotationally symmetric lens having a rotationally symmetric shape with respect to the optical axis L.
  • Denoted at 12 is an anamorphic lens, at least one surface of which is defined by an anamorphic surface.
  • the anamorphic lens is held by the barrel 11 , while circumscribing one end portion of the barrel.
  • the anamorphic lens 12 of the present embodiment has an outer configuration of rectangular shape.
  • an axis extending in the lengthwise direction of the rectangle and passing through the central axis (optical axis) of the anamorphic lens is taken as a longitudinal axis 12 c .
  • An axis extending in the widthwise direction of the rectangle which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 12 c and passing through the central axis of the lens is taken as a lateral axis.
  • pins as coaxiality maintaining means which function to engage the anamorphic lens 12 and the barrel member 11 with each other and to align their central axes with each other.
  • the pins 12 a further function to allow relative rotation of the anamorphic lens and the barrel relative to each other, for rotary adjustment, with reference to their central axes aligned together.
  • four pins 12 a are used.
  • Denoted at 13 is an elastic member which functions to push the anamorphic lens 12 against the barrel member 11 along the optical axis direction.
  • the elastic member 13 of the present embodiment is configured to push the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 , separately from each other.
  • Denoted at 13 a are legs (branches) of the elastic member 13 which are configured to be hooked at the groove 11 a formed in the outer peripheral portion of the barrel member 11 .
  • the elastic member 13 has three legs 13 a.
  • one of these three legs 13 a is placed at one side of the longitudinal axis 12 c of the anamorphic lens 12 , while the remaining two legs are located at the other side of the longitudinal axis 12 c .
  • the legs 12 a are configured to be hooked by the groove 11 a of the barrel member 11 .
  • Denoted at 12 b is longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means provided at two points on one side of the longitudinal axis 12 c of the anamorphic lens 12 , and these longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means function to adjust the parallelism with respect to the longitudinal axis 12 c .
  • the longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means 12 b With use of the longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means 12 b , the array direction of a plurality of picture elements of the photoelectric conversion element (CCD) and the meridional direction (main-scan direction) of the anamorphic lens 12 of the image reading apparatus described below are aligned with each other, to be described later.
  • L Denoted at L is the optical axis of the imaging optical system.
  • the anamorphic lens 12 is restricted with respect to the optical axis L direction by the elastic member 13 as described above, to assure that the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 are closely contacted with each other to avoid formation of a clearance between them.
  • the anamorphic lens 12 is so restricted that no clearance is created between the anamorphic lens 12 and the barrel member 11 .
  • the rotary adjustment can be performed while keeping the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 in close contact with each other and, therefore, the anamorphic lens can be held precisely through a simple structure, without a lens spacing error or eccentric error.
  • the elastic member 13 in the present embodiment may be made of any materials, it can be easily produced by press-machining a metal thin plate, as an example.
  • the elastic force of such thin plate can be controlled easily by changing the plate thickness.
  • the force to be applied to the anamorphic lens 12 can be corrected and deformation of the lens surface is avoided.
  • the lateral-axis direction 12 d of the anamorphic lens 12 has to be fixed very precisely.
  • the legs 13 a are provided at both sides along the lateral-axis direction 12 d of the anamorphic lens (i.e., at opposite sides across the longitudinal axis 12 c ).
  • the measures described above are effective particularly when the anamorphic lens 12 is fixed to the barrel member 11 .
  • the anamorphic lens 12 is pushed against the barrel member 11 by the elastic member 13 as described above. Based on this, the rotary adjustment can be performed while keeping the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 in close contact with each other and, therefore, a lens spacing error or eccentric error is avoided.
  • the stress to be produced can be easily controlled by using an elastic member 13 which is separate from the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 , as described above. Based on this, deformation of the anamorphic lens surface is minimized.
  • the elastic member 13 is so configured that three legs 13 a (two legs in Embodiments 2 and 3 to be described later) are hooked by the groove 11 a provided at the outer peripheral portion of the barrel member 11 . This makes the structure of the elastic member 13 very simple.
  • the stress applied to the anamorphic lens 12 becomes unstable and it causes decentering. If four or more legs 13 a are used, the structure becomes complicated and variation in length of the legs may result easily. Furthermore, the stress to the anamorphic lens 12 as well becomes unstable due to this variation, and again it leads to decentering.
  • the longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means 12 b for adjusting the parallelism with respect to the longitudinal axis 12 c of the anamorphic lens 12 are provided at two points on one side of the longitudinal axis 12 c . Based on this, the meridional direction of the anamorphic lens 12 and the array direction of plural picture elements of the photoelectric conversion element can be aligned with each other, by a simple structure.
  • the structure of the present embodiment described hereinbefore can be applied even to a lens not having an anamorphic surface, provided that the outer configuration has a rotationally asymmetric shape, as of a so-called flat lens.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a main portion of an image reading apparatus into which a lens unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 is incorporated.
  • like numerals are assigned to similar components corresponding to those of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 2 there are three legs 13 a of the elastic member 13 which are disposed on the opposite sides across the longitudinal axis 12 c , one is at one side and two are at the other side. Hence, even though one leg 13 a is fixed downward to a lens fixing member 15 having a V-shape as shown in FIG. 2 , the lens can be well held thereby without interference of the elastic member 13 with the lens fixing member 15 .
  • the image reading apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with aligning means 14 at two points on the left-hand and right-hand sides of the lens unit 10 as viewed in the drawing.
  • This aligning means 14 is configured to contact with the longitudinal-axis direction maintaining means 12 b provided at two points on one side of the longitudinal axis 12 c of the anamorphic lens 12 , thereby to align the array direction of plural picture elements of the one-dimensional photoelectric conversion element (not shown) and the longitudinal direction (meridional direction) 12 c of the anamorphic lens 12 with each other. Based on this, sharp imagewise information can be obtained in the present embodiment.
  • the lens field angle has a large influence on the array direction of the element. Therefore, the right-ray passing region of each lens surface has a rectangular shape, being elongated in the element array direction and being short in the direction orthogonal thereto.
  • the effective light-ray portion has a rectangular shape. Since the anamorphic lens requires a special aspherical-surface forming process, in the point of manufacture it is not preferable to unnecessarily widen the surface to be processed. Thus, the lens itself would have a rectangular shape being elongated in the longitudinal-axis direction.
  • the legs 13 a are provided at opposite sides across the lateral axis 12 d , they should be disposed outwardly of the longitudinal-axis ends, and it causes enlargement of the whole size of the lens. Such inconvenience can be avoided in the present embodiment.
  • the elastic member 13 does not interfere with the V-groove. Hence, the need for a special structure is eliminated.
  • FIG. 3A , FIG. 3B and FIG. 3C are trihedral diagrams illustrating a lens unit according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • like numerals are assigned to similar components corresponding to those of FIG. 1 .
  • the present embodiment differs from the first embodiment described hereinbefore in that the number of legs 23 a of the elastic member 23 is two in the present embodiment.
  • Other structures and the optical function are similar to the first embodiment, and similar advantageous effects are obtained likewise in the present embodiment.
  • Denoted in the drawings at 23 is an elastic member which functions to push the anamorphic lens 12 against the barrel member 11 along the optical axis direction.
  • Denoted at 23 a are legs (branches) of the elastic member 33 which are configured to be hooked at the groove 11 a formed in the outer peripheral portion of the barrel member 11 .
  • the elastic member 23 has two legs 23 a.
  • one of these two legs 23 a is placed at one side of the longitudinal axis 12 c while the remaining one leg is located at the other side of the longitudinal axis 12 c .
  • These legs are configured to be hooked by the groove 11 a of the barrel 11 .
  • the anamorphic lens 12 is pushed against the barrel member 11 by the elastic member 23 , like in the first embodiment. Based on this, the rotary adjustment can be performed while keeping the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 in close contact with each other and, therefore, a lens spacing error or eccentric error is avoided.
  • the stress to be produced can be controlled easily by using the elastic member 23 which is separate from the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 . Based on this, deformation of the anamorphic lens surface can be minimized.
  • legs 23 a provided at both sides along the lateral-axis direction 12 d (at the opposite sides across the longitudinal axis) likewise the abovementioned first embodiment are used. Based on this, the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 can be fixed very precisely, and hence the stress is well stabilized.
  • the rotary adjustment can be performed while keeping the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 in close contact with each other. Hence, a lens spacing error or eccentric error is avoided.
  • FIG. 4A , FIG. 4B and FIG. 4C are trihedral diagrams illustrating a lens unit according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • like numerals are assigned to similar components corresponding to those of FIG. 1 .
  • the present embodiment differs from the abovementioned second embodiment in that three pins 32 a are used as the coaxiality maintaining means in the present embodiment.
  • Other structures and the optical function are similar to the second embodiment, and similar advantageous effects are obtained likewise.
  • pins as the coaxiality maintaining means which function to engage the anamorphic lens 12 and the barrel member 11 with each other and to align their central axes with each other. Further, it functions to allow relatively rotation of the lens and the barrel relative to each other, for rotary adjustment with reference to their central axes aligned.
  • the present embodiment uses three pins 32 a.
  • Denoted in the drawings at 33 is an elastic member which functions to push the anamorphic lens 12 against the barrel member 11 along the optical axis direction.
  • Denoted at 33 a are legs (branches) of the elastic member 33 which are configured to be hooked at the groove 11 a formed in the outer peripheral portion of the barrel member 11 .
  • the elastic member 33 has two legs 33 a.
  • one of these two legs 33 a is placed at one side of the major axis 12 c , while the other leg is located at the other side of the major axis 12 c.
  • These legs are configured to be hooked by the groove 11 a of the barrel 11 .
  • the elastic member 33 of the present embodiment may be made of any materials, but it can be easily produced if an injection-molded article of synthetic resin is used.
  • the synthetic resin the elastic force can be changed easily by changing the type of material. Therefore, the force to be applied to the anamorphic lens can be corrected easily, and deformation of the lens surface can be prevented.
  • the anamorphic lens 12 is pushed against the barrel member 11 by the elastic member 33 , like in the aforementioned second embodiment. Based on this, the rotary adjustment can be performed while keeping the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 in close contact with each other and, therefore, a lens spacing error or eccentric error is avoided.
  • the stress to be produced can be controlled easily by using the elastic member 33 which is separate from the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 . Based on this, deformation of the anamorphic lens surface can be minimized.
  • legs 33 a provided at both sides along the lateral-axis direction 12 d (at the opposite sides across the longitudinal axis) like in the abovementioned second embodiment are used. Based on this, the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 can be fixed very precisely, and hence the stress is well stabilized.
  • the rotary adjustment can be performed while keeping the barrel member 11 and the anamorphic lens 12 in close contact with each other. Hence, a lens spacing error or eccentric error is avoided.
  • FIG. 5 is schematic diagram of a main portion of a carriage-integrated type (flatbed type) image reading apparatus such as a digital copying machine, for example, into which a lens unit (imaging optical system) according to any one of the first to third embodiments of the present invention is incorporated.
  • a carriage-integrated type (flatbed type) image reading apparatus such as a digital copying machine, for example, into which a lens unit (imaging optical system) according to any one of the first to third embodiments of the present invention is incorporated.
  • a light beam from an illumination system 3 illuminates an original 1 directly or by way of a reflector (not shown). Reflected light from the illuminated original 1 is reflected by first, second, third, fourth and fifth reflection mirrors 4 a , 4 b , 4 c , 4 d and 4 e , and the light path of the light beam is bent inside the carriage 7 .
  • the light beam thus deflected is imaged upon the surface of a CCD as reading means, by a lens unit 5 according to any one of the first to third embodiments described hereinbefore.
  • the imagewise information of the original 1 is read by moving the carriage 7 in the direction of an arrow C (sub-scan direction) by means of a sub-scan mechanism 8 .
  • the thus read imagewise information is sent to a personal computer or the like which is an external equipment, through an interface (not shown).
  • the present invention is not limited to such an integral type (flatbed type) image reading apparatus.
  • the invention can be applied to an image reading apparatus having a 1:2 scan optical system such as shown in FIG. 6 , for example, essentially in the same manner as has been described above.
  • denoted at 82 is an original table glass, and an original 81 is put on the surface thereof.
  • Denoted at 84 is an illumination light which comprises a halogen lamp, a fluorescent lamp or a xenon lamp, for example.
  • Denoted at 83 is a reflector which functions to reflect the light beam from the illumination light source 84 to illuminate the original efficiently.
  • Denoted at 85 , 86 and 87 are first, second and third reflecting mirrors, in this order, which function to bend the light path of the light beam from the original 81 , inside the main frame.
  • Denoted at 5 is a lens unit (imaging optical system) according to any one of the first to third embodiments 1-3, and it functions to image the light beam based on the imagewise information of original 81 , on the surface of a photoelectric conversion element.
  • Denoted at 6 is a line sensor (CCD) as the photoelectric conversion element.
  • Denoted at 90 is the main frame, and denoted at 91 is a platen.
  • Denoted at 92 is a first mirror table, and denoted at 93 is a second mirror table.
  • a light beam from an illumination system 84 illuminates an original 81 directly or by way of a reflector 83 .
  • Reflected light from the illuminated original 81 is reflected by first, second and third reflection mirrors 85 , 86 and 87 , and the light path of the light beam is bent inside the main frame 90 .
  • the imaging optical system of the present invention is incorporated into an image reading apparatus for a digital color copying machine, the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the present invention is applicable also to various color image reading apparatuses such as a color image scanner, for example.

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